for we have sinned, &c.] Or, because. Chap. 6. 13. Vers. 21. we and our fathers] They justifie not themselves; nor say, they will follow their fathers; as those, Chap. 44. 17. but condemn their wicked doings, and crave pardon of their sinnes, Ezra 9:7. Psalms 106:6. Isaiah 64:6. Chap. 14. 20. Daniel 9:16. from our youth] Ever since we were first a nation, Isaiah 48:8. So Vers. 24. Chap. 2. 2. & 22. 21.